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Welcome Clean vs Sterile Wound Technique Developing Evidence Based Guidelines of Care PresenterVickiRoss Clean VS Sterile Questions Does uncertainty exist on technique? Is there sufficient evidence? What are the current practices? How can one design a guideline? Literature Review Studies describe inconsistent practices 51% favored sterile, 43% clean, WOCN (1993) No scientific foundation behind choices Current evidence Perleman et al. (2004) ER suturing study Lawson, Juliano, and Ratliff (2003) Open surgical wounds Stotts, et al. (1997) No significant effect on infection “ Current Practices Follow procedure in reference book, i.e. Mosby Mosby (2006) … follow hospital policy! WOCN Position Statement (2001)…Clean for most AACN Procedure Manual (2005)…Clean/ surgical grafts GUIDELINES OF CARE KEY PLAYERS Wound Healing Department Infectious Disease Department Surgical Steering Committee Clinical Practice Committee Nursing Education GUIDELINES OF CARE SURGICAL WOUNDS → NOT APPROXIMATED WITH EXPOSED HARDWARE OR ORGANS IMMUNOSUPRESSED/ OR PRIMARY CLOSURE FIRST DRESSING CHANGE USE STERILE TECHNIQUE GUIDELINES OF CARE NON SURGICAL WOUNDS → IMMUNOSUPPRESSED MD ORDER NURSING JUDGEMENT USE STERILE TECHNIQUE GUIDELINES OF CARE Ulcerations Traumatic wounds Lacerations Unapproximated Surgical wounds Miscellaneous USE Clean Technique The End THANK YOU